Place names

Saltina11

My DD's name is Sydney. We are thinking about having all our children (3 in total) have names that are places around the world.

Awful idea? Or cool. If you think the latter, give me some boy and girl options.

TIA!

aimee1899

Geneva

mommytoconnor

Girls-Geneva,Georgia,Savannah,Brooklyn

Boys-Denver,Austin,Dallas

Kelli7025

Girls:

Aurora - Brooklyn - Charlotte - Chelsea - Cheyenne - Madison - Savannah - Sierra - Vienna

Boys:

Austin - Hudson - Jackson - Lincoln - Carson

I don't mind place names at all, as long as they translate well to a name. I would not use Texas or Italy as a name just because you have been there. 

Of the above mentioned names I would choose Savannah and Hudson to go with Sydney.  

TripMomma

I love Sydney.

 I know someone with an 'Asia' and someone else had an 'Egypt' and yet another  person with a 'Cairo'.

More local I like Georgia and Dakota.

WiFeY 4 LiFeY

I dont think its a bad idea..as long as the names arent bad Sydney is cute!

girl:

Sierra - (Western U.S., Ecuador and Peru) Chelsea - (London and Manhattan) Aspen - (Colorado)

Boy:

London - (England)

caitlyn0216

I love the name Brooklyn. If LO had been a girl, that was the name we had chosen. I love Sydney, but deliberately naming them after places has the potential to look cheesy. 

caitlyn0216

WiFeY 4 LiFeY:

I dont think its a bad idea..as long as the names arent bad Sydney is cute!

girl:

Sierra - (Western U.S., Ecuador and Peru) Chelsea - (London and Manhattan) Aspen - (Colorado)

Boy:

London - (England)

London for a boy? Please don't.  

CraftyKayla

mommytoconnor:

Girls-Geneva,Georgia,Savannah,Brooklyn

Boys-Denver,Austin,Dallas

I like these! I also like the name Holland for a girl.

raefre

Yesterday, at the ob/gyn, I heard a mother calling her two daughters (under 5 yo) Boston and London.  I rolled my eyes at those two. 

If you go for place names, go for names with history as names (Geneva, Georgia, Charlotte, etc).  Mind you, in 50 years, names that were initially just place-names-gone-kids-names will fall under that category. 

I'd try to make the place name connection more subtle than making it appear you were trying too hard.

Keri Marie

Cool idea if done in a none cheesy way (Cheesy = Paris, Londyn, Chyna)

Place names I like:

Sable - France

Clifton - NJ

Adelaide - Australia

Vienne - French for Vienna, Austria

Austin - TX

Roslyn - WA

Charlotte - NC

 

Harper'smom

raefre:

If you go for place names, go for names with history as names (Geneva, Georgia, Charlotte, etc).  Mind you, in 50 years, names that were initially just place-names-gone-kids-names will fall under that category. 

I'd try to make the place name connection more subtle than making it appear you were trying too hard.

This. I would avoid trying too hard. I also wouldn't want to pass up names I like more simply to stay within a theme.

luckymom82

I would roll my eyes at this, particularly if the parents picked the places out of the blue and had never been there/ no attachment to them.

It would be slightly less cheesy if the place names were common first names anyway, like Austin or Charlotte. 

Kimmyznc

I love place names! Some of my favorites are:

Boys: Denver, Phoenix, London (although agree w/ PP that may be too much w/ Sydney).

Girls: Holland, Georgia, Dakota, London (like it for both sexes), Asia, India, Vienna, Ireland.

queenbone

I don't support this type of obvious theme.  There is a family in my church with daughters London, Paris, and Berlin. 

Really? Berlin?!

By the time you get to 3 it is no longer cute.  It is just really contrived, imo.

mollybloom

I think it is cute. I just don't like London and Paris.

And I loathe Brooklyn. I live 10 minutes from geographical Brooklyn and I all think about with that name is a bad accent with an even worse attitude.

benmel31

Sorry, but I don't like this idea.  I just cannot imagine hearing a whole sibset of just place names.  

If you must do it, do more common names that just happen to be places: Charlotte, Madison, or Austin. 

2012babysorensen

I think it's a neat idea What about Paris or London?

SarahPLiz

When I hear a kid with an obvious place name (not Charlotte or Virginia or names that were names before they were places), I assume that's where they were conceived. I have heard that this is a trend amongst some people. My cousin's MN was almost Cumberland because his parents were at Lake Cumberland. You get the picture. 

My friends and I were joking about this one night when I was first pregnant. Sparky's first nn was Matressa. My friend joked she would name her little girl Ambien. In any case, kids with names like London, Paris and Berlin amuse me. I Imagine their parents are world travelers... 

FrecklesInside

 Not a fan of place names, especialy if they have no real meaning to you. I think siblings with all place names is an awful idea - sorry.... I mean, terrible. Just being honest.

llevine

I agree with the others above this could be very cheesey, but it is kinda a cute idea. You can use Dakota for either a boy or a girl, however I like it best for a girl.

Sydney is my name for a girl, I love it and it was my grandfather's name.

g8trkim

I don't hate it. It's kind of cheesy but as long as the names are good I think it doesn't matter.

Good: Austin, Charlotte, Geneva, Savannah, Jackson, Vienna, Victoria, Helena, Orlando

Bad: Aspen, Brooklyn, Dallas, London, Paris, Phoenix, Lincoln

Cherbear013

We unintentionally had 3 place names on our list for our son. We named him Rio, with Nash and Breck as the others on the list. I think its cool only if you pick names that aren't too popular already.

moonfaerie

I don't mind place names, but I don't like the idea of giving all your kids place names on purpose. I would actually avoid them, unless the only name you and DH can agree on happens to also be a place name.

trojas

Not an awful idea...just challenging. The only thing I've got is:

Italia (girl name) - Italian pronunciation. 

 

JesseKhloe&Me

I love it. I know:

A 5 year old girl named Ireland (I love it)

A 6 year old girl named Phoenix

A 4 year old  girl named Brittan (very cute)

A 10 year old boy named Dakota (Kody)

& A 29 year old lady named Dallas

 

 

BlueRidge8

DD is named after a town in Ireland (Adare). I like it when it's a place of significance - not just a random one.

Novem06

Well DS is London Vaughn which most of the people who posted in this thread would say is terrible. That being said...#2 will not have a "place" name. When DS was born we loved London and Hudson and chose when we met him. I can't imagine him anything else:)